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Parliamentary contributions that don’t fall under standard categories, including procedural remarks and unique interventions.
An Update: The Protection and Integrity of Parliamentary Correspondence
I wrote to the Premier on 3 June 2026 seeking clear and direct answers regarding the leaking of an email sent on my behalf as Chair of Estimates Committee A,…
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Extract from ESTIMATES COMMITTEE A – Hon. Kerry Vincent MLC
Infrastructure and Transport Services LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Thursday 4 June 2026 CHAIR – Minister, I could have perhaps asked this in 2.1, but I thought I’d save it for capital investment.…
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Government Response to Petition
I have received the Government’s response to the petition seeking the extension of the 12-month limitation period for prosecution of coercive control related offences. You can read the response here:…
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ANZAC Day Address Wynyard Dawn Service 25 April 2026
We gather here this morning in the quiet that ANZAC Day always asks of us. Not just with quiet voices – but quiet hearts. A stillness that lets the past…
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Premier’s State of the State Address – Noting
Legislative Council, Wednesday 12 March 2025 Ms FORREST – Mr President, the reaction to the Premier’s state of the state was entirely predictable. Everyone zeroed in on the possible sale…
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Noting the Governor’s Address.
Legislative Council, Tuesday 21 May 2024 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I congratulate the government for the speech prepared for the Governor. I believe it is possibly the first…
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Budget Estimates – Group 6 Metals
Legislative Council Committee A, Wednesday 7 June 2023 CHAIR – We’re running out of time, there are other areas I want to go. If I can just go to the…
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Budget Estimates – neonatal screening
Legislative Council Committee A, Tuesday 6 June 2023 CHAIR – …. I understand that, in terms of neonatal screening, New South Wales currently screen for SMAs, spinal muscular atrophy, a…
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Budget Estimates – Ambulance Services
Legislative Council Committee A, Tuesday 6 June 2023 CHAIR – We’ll go to Mike first on that. Mr GAFFNEY – Thanks. Thank you, minister. It was good to see that…
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Budget Estimates – King Island shipping freight prices review
Legislative Council Committee A, Monday 5 June 2023 CHAIR – Who’s paying then for the prescribed inquiry into the King Island shipping freight prices and related matters? Mr FERGUSON –…
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Budget Estimates – Bus Shelters
Legislative Council Committee A, Monday 5 June 2023 CHAIR – Regarding, bus shelters, is that the responsibility of the state or is it a responsibility of local government where the…
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Budget Estimates – Cam River Bridge
Budget Estimates Committee A, Monday 5 June 2023 CHAIR – Minister, you’ve commissioned GHD to do an assessment into the feasibility of a second bridge over the Cam River. Can…
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